D2 Track 1 Session 3: Ocular Treatments and Side Effects

The Eye Believe Podcast

Share this with your newly diagnosed omies friends--A Cure in Sight is joined by Dr. Andrew Stacey, Dr. Binkley, and Dr. Nguyen to discuss ocular treatments and side effects.

A special thanks to Aura Biosciences for sponsoring this session. Their clinical trial is noted by Dr. Binkley in this session. At Aura, their mission is to develop a new class of oncology targeted therapies that deliver meaningful therapeutic benefit to a range of cancer indications with high unmet need in which they believe they can establish a new standard of care . They are driven by a passion and commitment to science and the patients battling cancer who are relying on them to pioneer these new therapies.

Andrew Stacey, M.D., M.S., is an Ophthalmologist at the Eye Institute at Harborview and a UW assistant professor of Ophthalmology.

Dr. Stacey knows an appointment with your doctor can be stressful. He enjoys teaching patients about what he sees in their eyes and providing them with information and options.

Dr. Stacey earned his M.D. at Ohio State and his M.S. at Brigham Young University, where he was a linebacker on the football team. He has authored many publications and book chapters related to ocular tumors and maintains numerous national and international research collaborations in the field.

Dr. Binkley is an ophthalmologist at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. Dr. Binkley completed her Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship in 2016 and Retina Clinical and Molecular Research Fellowship in 2017 at the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.

Dr. Nguyen was born and raised in Saigon, Vietnam. He moved to sunny California at the age of 19 to pursue higher education. He attended University of Wisconsin School of Medicine on a full scholarship then completed his Ophthalmology residency at the University of Washington where he conducted extensive research in uveal melanoma with Dr. Andrew Stacey. After residency, he received more vigorous training in Cornea and External Disease at the world-renowned UCSF/F.I. Proctor Foundation. Dr. Nguyen is currently providing expertise care for patients in San Diego, California.

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